DevSecFlow ushers in good, environment friendly, and scalable cybersecurity for Nigeria
In a daring step towards redefining Nigeria’s cybersecurity panorama, DevSecFlow, a number one cybersecurity firm, has efficiently hosted stakeholders from the fintech and cybersecurity sectors at an unique government breakfast session themed “Past Compliance: AI-Powered Resilience for Nigeria’s {Financial} Future” on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at The George Resort, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Delivering the keynote handle, the Chief Government Officer, DevSecFlow, Francis Ofungwu, famous that the way forward for cybersecurity in Nigeria lies not simply in regulatory compliance however in constructing clever, responsive programs that perceive our native context and reply with pace, scale, and precision.
In keeping with Ofungwu, DevSecFlow has developed a sophisticated Safety Operations (SecOps) platform (SECOYA), designed to assist {financial} establishments and extremely regulated organizations streamline their safety operations by way of intelligence, readability, and management, in response to the rising complexity of cyber threats going through Nigeria’s digital economic system.
“The SECOYA platform handles crucial cybersecurity capabilities resembling threat looking, incident response, and alert triage with better accuracy and endurance than human analysts. It reduces guide workflows, supplies 24/7 safety, and nonetheless requires human oversight and governance to make sure transparency and moral safeguards,” he mentioned.
Talking on the broader challenges in Nigeria’s cybersecurity ecosystem, Co-Founder, DevSecFlow, Abdel Sy Fane, mentioned SECOYA was constructed to handle these points by embedding safety seamlessly into present workflows and powering it with AI that understands each consumer habits and operational context.
Fane added that SECOYA’s SecOps automation capabilities allow groups to concentrate on actual threats, whereas its accessible design ensures that even SMEs with restricted sources can deploy enterprise-grade safety at scale.
“We constructed SECOYA to resolve the belief and collaboration gaps we stored seeing throughout tech groups. Actual safety doesn’t simply come from instruments, it comes from understanding how individuals work after which designing programs that help and elevate them with out getting of their manner,” he mentioned.
The occasion additionally featured a panel session moderated by Ofungwu, which had a powerful checklist of cybersecurity leaders from a few of Nigeria’s high fintech corporations. The discussants included Ebuka Onyejegbu, Senior Enterprise Relationship Supervisor, Moniepoint; Demi Babajide, Again-Finish Developer, OPay; Paul Oludele, Data Programs & Safety Supervisor, PalmPay; and Sopriye Iketubosin, Supervisor, Data Safety, Kuda MFB.
Onyejegbu highlighted the continuing transition from rule-based programs to AI-driven threat detection, noting that whereas AI adoption is on the rise, effectiveness is dependent upon considerate, contextual integration. Whereas Babajide, on his half, emphasised the significance of multi-layered AI programs constructed with prevention at their core, underscoring the worth of proactive safety engineering from the design stage.
Bringing completely different views to the discourse, Oludele targeted on how AI is enhancing consumer safety and the end-to-end consumer expertise, whereas Iketubosin careworn the necessity to shift human involvement from guide detection to strategic oversight and governance. He echoed the consensus that AI-driven programs, when allowed to function at scale, can considerably enhance effectivity, scale back incident response occasions, and improve general safety outcomes.
